India, and India Missions: Including Sketches of the Gigantic System of Hinduism, Both in Theory and Practice ; Also, Notices of Some of the Principal Agencies Employed in Conducting the Process of Indian Evangelization, &c. &cJ. Johnstone, 1840 - 708 pages |
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... gods . " They are believed , " says Sir W. Jones , " to have been taught by the Divinity himself , who prescribed the artificial order of them in a voice from heaven . " 66 Nor is such praise altogether the hyperbolical effusion of ...
... gods . " They are believed , " says Sir W. Jones , " to have been taught by the Divinity himself , who prescribed the artificial order of them in a voice from heaven . " 66 Nor is such praise altogether the hyperbolical effusion of ...
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... gods , demigods , and heroes , -of virtue and good works , -of the nature of the soul , and the means of final emancipation . Besides the Puranas , the first Up- anga comprises the Ramayan and Mahabharat , -written , the former by ...
... gods , demigods , and heroes , -of virtue and good works , -of the nature of the soul , and the means of final emancipation . Besides the Puranas , the first Up- anga comprises the Ramayan and Mahabharat , -written , the former by ...
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... God , and all the possible relations that can subsist between man and man . The writings now enumerated are usually ... gods ! " Well might Sir W. Jones exclaim , that " where- ever we direct our attention to Hindu literature , the ...
... God , and all the possible relations that can subsist between man and man . The writings now enumerated are usually ... gods ! " Well might Sir W. Jones exclaim , that " where- ever we direct our attention to Hindu literature , the ...
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... God . " But the Hindu advances a step farther . He conceives , that when Brahm exists in his proper and charac- teristic state , he is one ; not merely in the sense of excluding other gods , but in the sense of excluding the possibility ...
... God . " But the Hindu advances a step farther . He conceives , that when Brahm exists in his proper and charac- teristic state , he is one ; not merely in the sense of excluding other gods , but in the sense of excluding the possibility ...
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... god without moral attributes - consequently a god who is not a moral being at all ? Yet , strange and incredible as it may appear , such is the character of the Supreme God of more than a hundred millions of people ! Let the sacred ...
... god without moral attributes - consequently a god who is not a moral being at all ? Yet , strange and incredible as it may appear , such is the character of the Supreme God of more than a hundred millions of people ! Let the sacred ...
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ablution ages amid apostles appear Atheism become Bengali Bible blessed Brahm Brahman British Calcutta caste cause Christ Christian Church Church of Scotland conversion deity divine divine grace doctrine Durga duty earth effect English essence eternal European evidence exhibit existence eyes faith Father favour glory gods Gospel grace grand heart heathen heaven Hence Hindu Hinduism holy honour human hundred idolatry ignorance India infinite influence Institution Jehovah Jesus Jews knowledge labour land language learned Lord manifestation means ment millions mind mission missionary moral multitudes nations native nature never object once original Pantheism peculiar perfect possession practical prayer preaching present principles profession prove reason Reformation religion religious rites sacred scheme schools Scotland Scriptures Shastras Shiva society soul spirit success superstition Supreme temple things thou thousand tion triliteral true truth universe Vedas Vishnu whole wholly words worship
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Page 686 - Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods : yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.
Page 296 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 471 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Page 437 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 631 - Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will, for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, Shall bear the 'gree, an' a
Page 565 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy: but I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you...
Page 241 - I have burned part of it in the fire ; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof ; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it : and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination ? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree ? " He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, " Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 240 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 471 - Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Page 227 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence and gave them to the host and said unto him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee.